Has anyone tried the DIY tobacco concentrated flavors? Are they good?

[HighlanderNorth]

I am looking at the Perfumer's Apprentice website, and they offer some tobacco flavors, and one category of tobacco flavors at their site contains something called "tobacco Absolute" or "Tabanone molecules". They carry several blends that contain this stuff, although a few are actually the same basic flavor either diluted or concentrated, and mixed with alcohol or PG. But there's one called "M-Type Premium Blend" that seems promising.

Then there's the other category at their site which are artificial tobacco flavorings, mainly flavored tobaccos like 555, RY4, etc. There is 1 or 2 that are plain tobacco flavors.

Has anyone tried any of these, or are there other options at other sites? Do these taste good? Do they taste like tobacco at all, or at least tobacco-ish?

List some good DIY tobacco flavors......

Thanks

 

[demps11]

I'm sure there have been reviews done already but I am interested in these too, specifically the 555 and the RY4.

 

[Lyndagayle]

I use tobacco absolute with FA Virgina. It has an earthy tone that I love and I also use it as a tobacco base with some fruits. The M type stinks to high heaven. I will never mix it....ever! The black honey is pretty good. Order small bottles until you see what tickles your buds.

 

[HighlanderNorth]

I just went over to E-Cig Express, and looked at their tobacco DIY concentrate section, and they have a LOT of different tobacco concentrated flavors from several different brands. There must be 50 tobacco flavors there! I picked some of the ones that I liked, then looked at the cart, and I've got 18 of them there!

No telling which are good and which arent good though.... I'll have to buy a few later, after I get my current 2 orders of 11 different samples of tobacco e-liquids.

 

[Dj Xy]

I use TFA Tabacco absolute, I mix it at a ratio of 1 to 100 with pure grain alcohol, this stuff is thick but adds a great tabacco flavor to your mix.

 

[Shilo]

I tried a great deal of TFA FW and FlavourArt with little success. Either the smell or the taste was seriously off putting with most. Either too perfumey or grassy for me. There are a few exceptions to that however and its hard to give advice because what I hate you may love. I have had more positive experiences with the Hangsen line offered by ECX and Vaping Zone and the Chinese super concentrated tobaccos both offer.

There is a flavor reviews area on this forum where many of us have offered up our opinions if thats any help to you. The best of the 3 for me was the FlavourArt line and of that line I only liked about 3 flavors.

 

[Lyndagayle]

I'm pretty much with you Shilo. I have mixed so many tobacco flavors in hopes of finding one that really wow'd me but thus far, it just hasn't happened. I had very high hopes that the many Chinese tobacco flavors would produce at least 1 keeper for me but nadda. What is it with Chinese flavors that they all have the same base note flavor? I don't know what it is but it's in every single flavor I have tested and I do not like it. They smell good but never taste the way they smell because of that one very peculiar something that always comes to the forefront of every Chinese flavor I've tried. I've pretty much settled in with 3 FA tobaccos and TA as far as a tobacco menu. Maybe someday.....

 

[TennDave]

I bought from E Cig : Joye eGo & eGo-T | Boge Leo | Cartomizers | E-Liquid | Electronic Cigarettes | eGo Tank this past week and the package came yesterday. I hurriedly mixed up a 30ml bottle at 18% nic (pure VG) with 36 drops of the Virginia Flue Cured concentrate. I had read on reviews that 12 drops for 10ml was great. Yes, it is a great vape- rivals the F.C. from AVE though a bit stronger. I may try 30 drops instead of 36 next time but I'm well pleased with the flavor, throat hit and vapor production on a LR atty at 3.7V and a 2.3ohm atty at 4.5V!! I was surprised that there was some sweetness to the liquid- though not to sweet. Of course that could be from the VG!

 

[Kurt]

I absolutely love Blue Mist's Caramel Tobacco and Robacco flavors. Both are pretty much my all-day vape these days. These are concentrated, I use 10-15%. And they are lighter and airier than most tobacco flavors I've had, which tend to be too heavy to me. And if you let the juice steep a couple days, it develops a really nice TH.

Have to get more of the Robacco...I went through that in no time!

 

[frequentj]

I've used the tobacco absolute before, and it's an earthy, floral type tobacco. If you ever had vermillion river kentucky blend, or jk4, it tastes like it has absolute as the base. I've also used the tpa commercial tobacco and it's very good and has tones of anise/licorice that blend very well. The double ry4 is also excellent. I wasn't as impressed with the regular ry4.

Edit: I mostly use FA tobaccos, tho.

 

[bivie]

I've also used the tpa commercial tobacco and it's very good and has tones of anise/licorice that blend very well. The double ry4 is also excellent.

I used the Commercial Tobacco and got nothing. No flavor. I started with 5%. After five days, still nothing - so I added and 1.5%. After six more days, still nothing - so I added some cotton candy and some maple. After another week, still nothing. So now I use it in an atomizer between other flavors to get rid of the taste. I dunno what I'm doin' wrong

I had very high hopes that the many Chinese tobacco flavors would produce at least 1 keeper for me but nadda. What is it with Chinese flavors that they all have the same base note flavor?

Another problem with Chinese flavors is that a half hour after you vape one of the flavors,
you're ready to vape again

I used one of your recipes and almost got a good flavor. I use MS One Note to store notes and
recipes about DIY, so I put this one in that you posted elsewhere:

TA shines when added to FA Virginia. I mix 2% Virginia with 2% TA (diluted with EM) and it's been my mainstay juice since I started DIY. Very smooth tobacco with a slight burnt sugar tone. I always have a bottle of it with me wherever I go.

So, I did that and guess what? You got it: Nothing. So, a week later I added 10 more drops
to the 10 ml concoction. Three days later I got some flavor, but it was perfume flavor. Seven
days later that flavor was mostly gone and it was starting to interest me. By now I was at 10%
Virginian, and 2% each of cotton candy and tobacco absolute.

I waited two more weeks, and I was kinda liking it, but kinda not sure about a certain flavor
I was getting. From descriptions I've read - how people refer to flavors - I was thinking this
must be what they mean by grassy or hay-like.

I'd like to get a grip on it sinse I'm so close, but I don't know what to do. I made a note
that maybe that particular bottle should be mixed with a coupla other tobacco flavors like
Marlboro, Commercial, Capt Black (that may be too much ??) or whatever. After that, I
guess I'll go back to the drawing board on it cuz that one has more potential than anything
I've done. As you were - the Capt Black has a lot of potential, but I darn sure don't know
what to do with it and it does need something else. It's good, though.

 

[~Sue~Feb2012]

I have a bunch of TPA, Seedmans, FlavourArt and Vaping Zone DIY flavors. I've heard that some tobacco flavs need a month of steeping, so I'm patiently waiting ...
Meanwhile, some flavors that I like as soon as I mix them are VZ's French Pipe, B & M and Honey Flu Cured. I mean I start vaping them right away, but they do become deeper flavored with steeping.

 

[Roszam]

I have tried all of Flavour Arts. I like the Dark Vapure and Tuscan Reserve, on their own or in a mix.

 

[Jim Bob]

TFA RY4 DOUBLE is very good @ 5-10% as mixed IMO and gets even better with some time, TFA RY4 ASIAN is pretty good also @ 5-10% - IF you like traditional RY4 (sour notes with the sweetness) Tobacco Absolute concentrate is thick and STRONG, you have to dilute it a bunch ( I use PG for this- like 2 drops in 10 ML with some EM I made/diluted from crystals in PG also). It has at this concentration a nice grassy quality (best way I can describe it ) that you either love or hate I believe.